Get a Job, Get a Gun

Over the summer, a roofing company in Castle Rock, CO had a great incentive for customers: purchase a roof and you get a gun.

Weatherproof Roofing’s “Get a Roof, Get a Gun” promotion was so successful that they are now in desperate need of new customer service associates – four of them to be exact. To help attract new employees, the company is offering a similar promotion: “Get a Job, Get a Gun.”

Whoever the roofing company hires will receive an AR-15, valued at upwards of a thousand dollars. In order to qualify for the gun, new employees have to sell 10 roofing projects before they obtain the AR-15. Of course, the company’s owner is adamant that employees must pass a background check before receiving the firearm.

According to James Webb, the company’s owner, he’s focused patriotism and the Second Amendment.

Seems like the kind of boss any gun-loving patriot would want to work for.

“[If] they’ll give out an AR-15, I’ll work for anybody,” said Tyler Carter of Colorado Springs. “We’ve got to keep strapped up. We’ve got to keep armed and ready.”

But, of course, anti-gunners are trying to rain on the company’s parade. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence’s spokesperson Andrew Patrick released the following statement:

The only thing roofers should be armed with is a nail gun. The addition of guns to an already hazardous work environment only increases the likelihood of an accident or altercation. The gun lobby’s ‘guns everywhere’ mentality has reached a new low when employers feel the need to offer firearms as part of their benefits package.

Seriously? What’s wrong with a company wanting to offer a different type of benefit to their employees? Offering a firearm doesn’t mean gun enthusiasts have hit a new low. If anything, offering a firearm to new employees attracts employees with similar values and work ethic. That’s called being a smart business owner.

Beth Baumann is a public relations professional in Northern Idaho. Beth is a campaign veteran who has worked on numerous state and federal elections. In 2014, she was the Communications Assistant for the American Conservative Union, where she helped plan and execute media relations strategies for CPAC 2014. She is an avid Second Amendment supporter and advocate and loves fishing in her free time. You can follow her on Twitter at @eb454.
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